QUEENS, N.Y. – The LIU Brooklyn women's tennis team lost its first dual match of the season today at the National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, N.Y. The Blackbirds fell to the Red Storm of St. John's, 6-1.
St. John's went up early on the Blackbirds, taking the lead in the No.2 doubles spot. There, Ksenia Mikhaylova and Nevena Selakovic had a strong 8-2 win over LIU senior Aleksandra Pavlovic and sophomore Katya Yegoreychenko. St. John's would clinch the doubles point with an 8-6 win in the No.1 spot, the first match that senior Taysha Blessington and sophomore Sanne Louwers have dropped this spring. The match at No.3 was suspended when the point was clinched, with St. John's up, 7-6.
In singles, several members of the LIU squad suffered their first losses of the season, en route to St. John's win. Junior Lisa Maas was the first to fall in the No.3 singles spot, where she lost to Diamond Adams, 6-1, 6-1. Pavlovic was next, dropping a 6-2, 7-5 match to Mikhaylova at No.5. St. John's would clinch the win in the No.1 singles spot, where Sleakovic beat LIU sophomore Sanne Louwers, 6-2, 6-4. It was Louwers' first loss in the No.1 spot this year.
Sophomore Brittany Thompson fell in the No.6 spot to Terri Thomas, 6-2, 6-0, and Blessington lost to to Amber Washington in three, as they play a tiebreaker in lieu of a third set. Blessington fell, 6-7(4), 7-6(7), 1-0 (10-7).
LIU's lone win came in the No.4 spot, where Katya Yegoreychenko had a comeback win over Gvantsa Robakidze. The sophomore won, 6-4, 4-6, (10-8).
LIU's Sunday match with UMass has been cancelled due to weather.
St. John's 6, LIU Brooklyn 1
Doubles:
1) Amber Washington/Diamond Adams (SJU) def. Sanne Louwers/Taysha Blessington (LIU), 8-6
2) Ksenia Mikhaylova/Nevena Selakovic (SJU) def. Aleksandra Pavlovic/Katya Yegoreychenko (LIU), 8-2
3) Gvantsa Robakidze/Terri Thomas (SJU) def. Lisa Maas/Brittany Thompson (LIU), 7-6 DNF
Order of finish: 2, 1*
Singles:
1) Selavkovic (SJU) def. Louwers (LIU), 6-2, 6-4
2) Washington (SJU) def. Blessington (LIU), 6-7(4), 7-6(7), 1-0 (10-7)
3) Adams (SJU) def. Maas (LIU), 6-1, 6-1
4) Yegoreychenko (LIU) def. Robakidze (SJU), 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (10-8)
5) Mikhaylova (SJU) def. Pavlovic (LIU), 6-2, 7-5
6) Thomas (SJU) def. Thompson (LIU), 6-2, 6-0
Order of finish: 3, 5, 1*, 6, 2, 4